Credit: The Associated Press

Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmakers shout slogans in the premises of the Bangladesh Parliament during a nationwide dawn-to-dusk shutdown called by an alliance of 18 opposition parties in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, May 26, 2013.

Credit: The Associated Press

A Bangladeshi riot policeman sits outside the office of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) during a nationwide dawn-to-dusk shutdown called by an alliance of 18 opposition parties in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, May 26, 2013.

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DHAKA, Bangladesh — Police say opposition activists have set off homemade bombs and smashed several vehicles in Bangladesh's capital as they enforce a general strike demanding that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign before general elections.

Many stores and schools are closed in Dhaka on Sunday and few vehicles are plying the roads.

Police official Monirul Islam says no one has been injured, and more than 10,000 security forces have been deployed.

An alliance of 18 opposition parties called a nationwide dawn-to-dusk shutdown.